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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION No 1151 .

ACTNET - Expenditure and Savings

Mrs Carnell asked the Minister for Urban Services: . .

(1) .. What is the expected expenditure on ACTNET for the 1993-94 financial year across the ACT Government Service.

(2) ~ What t has been the expenditure on ACTNET to date and what further expenditure is expected to be made in the. future.

(3) What have been the actual savings from the establishment of ACTNET and how . does this compare with the original projections for the project

(4) At what time will the investment cost be recouped and how does this compare

with the original time frame for the project. ' -

Mr Co nnolly - the answers to the Member's questions are as follows:

(1) The cost of operating the ACTNET Voice network in 1993-94 is estimated to be

$7.57m.

(2) The cost to the Government of establishing the ACTNET Voice system was

$2.1m. All operating costs are met by Agencies from their program administrative

budgets.

(3) Budget level savings of lm were achieved in 1991-92, with annual savings of

about $1.1m thereafter. In comparison with cost projections for the previous .

telephone. system,-'savings are estimated to be at least $2m annually. This is

consistent with the original estimates.

(4) The cost of installing the ACTNET Voice system was recovered by the end of 1992-93: